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A Selection of Documents

Produced by DW members in PDF format

	Indigenous Building and the Third World	In 1976, DW, based in Iran, mounted a 40 panel exhibition that was shown first in the Iran America Society in Tehran, then at UNCHS’s first global conference (Habitat I) in Vancouver, Canada, subsequently touring various north American cities. The exhibition and accompanying book outline a vision of development based on a respect for the indigenous which nearly thirty years on remains pertinent. The accompanying article is reproduced in .pdf version here. Alternatively, to view the original panels please consult this html version
	The Grameen Bank housing loans programme in Bangladesh	This article was written by J. Norton, DW, after a review of the Grameen Bank housing loans programme for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, which it was awarded in 1989. This example of loans to the poor for house building highlighted the idea of targeting the loan to make sure that houses are flood and storm resistant. DW’s current work in Viet Nam incorporates a similar idea .
	Sustainable shelter	An article that appeared first in Habitat News in 1999 that considers the characteristics of sustainable approaches to achieving shelter.
	Woodless Construction	Unstabilised earth brick vault and dome roofing built without formwork. This document, which first appeared in 1997 under the Lund Centre for Habitat Studies Building Issues Volume 9, No 2, summarises DW’s experience of developing woodless construction in West Africa over the previous fifteen years.
	Burkina Faso Project	In 2003 DWF started a new programme to develop local capacity to meet settlement and shelter needs in northern Burkina Faso and to consolidate woodless construction skills in the region

 

 

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